The Rumps: a stroll that’s as delightful as its name suggests. Despite our overzealous wardrobe choices, the unexpectedly sunny weather couldn’t dampen our spirits. Starting and ending at New Polzeath, the trail navigates through idyllic farmland before returning to the coastal path and circumventing an impressive prehistoric headland. In the springtime, the path is beautifully […]
Day Two – Two Walks: Coverack and Prussia Cove Huzzah, the sun made a grand appearance! Being a two-walk day, we packed everything (including Agatha’s extra bits) drove over to the Gurnard’s Head to pick up our packed lunch and headed across Penrith and down to the Lizard. Fabulous views as we drove towards the […]
A Sun-Drenched Romp, Water Taxis, and a Crash Course in Cockling The sun, a rare British commodity, decided to grace us with its radiant presence on Good Friday. The forecast had us springing into action, gathering our gear, and tossing it into the van faster than a rabbit late for a tea party. The Helford […]
A bitter-sweet walk. Holywell, and the walks over to Crantock, always deliver, and walking a familiar route helped what was a sad walk. It was the first time that we took Agatha with us for a while. Increasingly, our Sunday Walks were becoming more than Harry could manage, and it felt wrong to take one […]
St Mabyn, Pub Lunch Walk A lovely walk across fields and small country lanes. Halfway through, you walk through the Pencarrow Estate wandering along their main drive. Enjoyable and easy with a few ups and downs. The highlight of the walk was definitely St Mabyn Inn. What a gorgeous pub, had a really strong locals […]
De Lank Valley and Jubilee Rock. 4.5 miles 4.5 miles. Great views. Unusual sights. Hard work. The Importance of Food I did this walk last year as a Sunday walk lunch and then returned with the girls for a girls walk. The Blisland Inn is one of those wonderful real ale pubs with a fabulous […]
Portscatho 4 Miles Now, I’m not saying that our walks are based on the location of a good pub but I think we hit the jackpot today. We packed at the Plume of Feathers, Portscatho and then went for a four-mile circular heading up to Gerrans and then inland until we got to Towan, before […]
Ponts Mill – Luxulyan – 3 miles Wasn’t sure how this walk was going to pan out. The Orrs left their house under cover of a massive thunderstorm, we left ours with hail bouncing off the windscreen, but when we rendezvoused at Ponts Mill, if the sun didn’t come out at least the rain had […]
Welcome to the rollercoaster! It’s taken me a while to finish Top Walks in West Cornwall. The reasons have been obvious. Covid, stopped play and I pivoted from writing walking guides to writing fiction, and then writing fiction really overwhelmed my timetable. The other issue has been location. I’m based in mid Cornwall, my friends […]
Excuse the enthusiasm but where to begin! Cornwall always get to spring before the rest of the country and it was so great to be able to roam further afield once again, I’ve barely been in the house. We’ve been swimming, cycling, exploring and generally annoying the gulls. In fact, we were in the Hubbox […]